WHAT IS THIS GREAT
WELFARE GAME? Obozo's America: Why Bother Working for a Living? is a fun fantasy game based on the preposterous notion
that a Marxist clown, running on the vague and shaky promise of hope and
change, could become president of the United States.

WHAT ARE THE COMPONENTS
OF THIS GREAT WELFARE GAME? A game surface, 4 pawns representing
each player, 4 pawns representing each player’s live-in or spouse,
a black pawn to keep track of the number of times (months) a player goes
around the board, 30 out-of-wedlock children, 50 Welfare BENEFIT cards,
50 Working Person’s BURDEN cards, a supply of money that includes
bank notes to keep track of money borrowed, 3 dice, and these rules.

HOW DOES A PLAYER WIN
THIS GREAT WELFARE GAME? The winner is the player who accumulates
the most money (after taxes if he or she ends up in the Working Person’s
Rut) in the number of months (times around the board) played.

HOW DOES THE GAME BEGIN?
High roll of the dice determines which player goes first. Each player
begins on the larger block marked “First of the Month” and
receives his first welfare allowance of $1,000. Roll 2 dice to determine
the number of blocks advanced each turn.

HOW MANY MONTHS (TIMES
AROUND THE BOARD) MAKE A COMPLETE GAME? Twelve times around the
board makes a good game, but the players may agree on any number of months
to be played beforehand. The game is then over when the player who went
first passes the First of the Month, on either Obozo’s Welfare Promenade
or the Working Person’s Rut, for the 12th time. Use the black pawn
to keep track of the number of months played on the rectangle below the
“First of the Month” block.

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR PAYING OUT AND TAKING IN MONEY? You must designate one of
the players as the Custodian of the Taxpayers’ Hard-earned Dollars.
It is then that player’s responsibility to pay out and receive money
as directed by the rules, blocks, and cards drawn.

HOW DO PLAYERS ON OBOZO’S
WELFARE PROMENADE CONTINUE TO COLLECT THEIR MONTHLY GRANTS? Each
time a player makes it to the First of the Month or passes it, he or she
receives the basic monthly grant of $1,000, plus $300 for each out-of-wedlock
child acquired (this figure includes a cash equivalent for food stamps
and medical expenses), plus the amount specified by any Welfare Benefit
cards drawn.

IS THERE A LIMIT TO
THE NUMBER OF OUT-OF-WEDLOCK CHILDREN A PLAYER ON OBOZO’S WELFARE
PROMENADE CAN HAVE? No. It is possible, though improbable, to
land on 16 Have Out-of-Wedlock Child blocks in 2 trips around Obozo’s
Welfare Promenade. Sixteen out-of-wedlock children may be uncommon but
not unheard of. A welfare recipient in Baltimore, for example, is on record
as having 22 out-of-wedlock children, all by the age of 32. And in turn,
some of her out-of-wedlock children now have out-of-wedlock children of
their own. This makes Obozo the Marxist clown and his Government Dependency
Czar very happy.

WHO PAYS THE MEDICAL
COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BIRTH OF THESE OUT-OF-WEDLOCK CHILDREN?
Players stuck in the Working Person’s Rut. Each time a player lands
on an “Have Out-of-Wedlock Child” block, each player in the
Working Person’s Rut must pay out $100 to the Custodian of the Taxpayers’
Hard-Earned Dollars.

WHEN AND HOW MAY A
PLAYER ON OBOZO’S WELFARE PROMENADE PLAY THE HORSES OR THE DAILY
LOTTERY? At the beginning of each regular turn on Obozo’s
Welfare Promenade, a player may play either the horses or the daily lottery.
To play the horses, the player first announces the number of his or her
horse (2 through 12), lays his or her bet (up to $500) on the board, and
rolls 2 dice. The Custodian of the Taxpayers’ Hard-Earned Dollars
collects the bet if the player’s horse does not win, or pays the
player 7 times the amount of his bet if his or her number comes up.

To play the lottery, the player
announces his or her number (111 through 666), places his or her bet (up
to $500) on the board, and rolls 3 dice. The Custodian of the Taxpayers’
Hard-Earned Dollars collects the bet if the player’s number does
not come up, or pays the player 50 times the amount of the bet if the
number comes up.

WHEN DOES A PLAYER
ON OBOZO’S WELFARE PROMENADE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME INVOLVED
IN CRIME? When that player lands on one of the 4 “Saturday
Night” blocks on the board. On that same turn, the player must keep
rolling all the way through, and out of, that particular “Saturday
Night” criminal activity track, rolling 1 die at a time, following
the instructions on the individual blocks.